Waldo Canyon fire almost contained as other fires spread

DENVER |
July 5, 2012

Smoke from the Wyoming fires was thick enough that residents of the Denver area were warned for a second day against exerting themselves outdoors, the state Department of Health and the Environment said. Officials advised special care be taken for children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases.

Steve Segin, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service told The Denver Post that a cold front was pushing the smoke south. The 88,000-acre Arapaho Fire, the 9,000-acre Squirrel Creek fire and the 56,000-acre Oil Creek Fire were all burning to the north.